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U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of the Assistant Attorney General

Washington, D. C. 20530

September 24, 2003

Dan Marcus, General Counsel National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 2100 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 Dear Mr. Marcus: This responds to Document Request No. 6 to the Department, which requested transcripts, memoranda, reports, summaries, notes, other documents and audio/video recordings relating to debriefings, interviews, and post-arrest statements by Ihab Ali. We have 49 pages of highly sensitive documents responsive to this request, which we are prepared to make available for review by Commission staff at the Department pursuant to your agreement that their contents will not be disclosed outside of the Commission. We appreciate your accommodation of our confidentiality interests in this particularly sensitive material. I hope that this information is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like additional assistance regarding this matter. Sincerely,

William E. Moschella Assistant Attorney General

Thomas H. Kean

DOJ DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 6

CHAIR

Lee H. Hamikon VICE CHAIR

Richard Ben- Veniste MaxCleland Fred F. Fielding Jamie S. Gorelick Skde Gorton John Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R. Thompson

Philip D. Zelikow EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "Commission") requests that the Department of Justice (DOJ or the "respondent") provide the Commission with copies of the following documents no later than September 12, 2003 (the "production date"): 1.

Transcripts, memoranda, reports, summaries, notes, other documents, and audio/video recordings relating to debriefings or interviews of, and any postarrest statements made by, the following individual: lhab Ali.

The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production. If any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily, based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date, identify and describe each such document or class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with sufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such withholding. If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requested documents but has information about where such documents may be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date. If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any such questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date. August 28, 2003

Daniel Marcus General Counsel

TEL (202) 331-4060 FAX (202) 296-5545 www.9-1 lcommission.gov

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J SUPPLEMENT TO DOJ DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 1 The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ("the / Commission") requests that the Department of Justice (the "DOJ" or the "respondent") provide the Commission with the following materials no later than September , 2003 (the "production date"):

Transcripts, memoranda, reports, summaries, notes, other documents, and audio/video recordings relating to debriefings or interviews of, and any post-arrest statements made by, Ihab Ali. The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production. If any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily, based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in/no event later than the production date, identify and describe each such document or class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with sufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such withholding. If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requested documents but has information about where such documents may be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide .such information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date. If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any such questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date. August

, 2003

Daniel Marcus General Counsel

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SUPPLEMENT TO DOJ DOCUMENT REQUEST NO. 1

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ("the Commission") requests that the Department of Justice (the "DOJ" or the "respondent") provide the Commission with the following materials no later than September , 2003 (the "production date"): Transcripts, memoranda, reports, summaries, notes, other documents, and audio/video recordings relating to debriefings or interviews of, and any post-arrest statements made by, Diab Ali. The Commission requests that the documents requested above be provided as soon as they are available, even though all requested documents may not be provided at the same time, through means of a "rolling" production. If any requested documents are withheld from production, even temporarily, based on an alleged claim of privilege or for any other reason, the Commission requests that the respondent, as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date, identify and describe each such document or class of documents, as well as the alleged basis for not producing it, with sufficient specificity to allow a meaningful challenge to any such withholding. If the respondent does not have possession, custody or control of any requested documents but has information about where such documents may be located, the Commission requests that the respondent provide such information as soon as possible and in no event later than the production date. If the respondent has any questions or concerns about the interpretation or scope of these document requests, the Commission requests that any such questions or concerns be raised with the Commission as soon as possible so that any such issues can be addressed and resolved prior to the production date. August

,2003

Daniel Marcus General Counsel

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